Triathlon - Flipable stem?

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CarlwithaC
07-21-09, 09:14 PM
I own THIS (http://www.mazlow.com/print.asp?Brand=Giant&id=184) road bike. I just finished my first sprint triathlon on Sunday. I am brainstorming my options for making my road bike more tri friendly without spending tons of money. I am thinking about possibly rotating the seat tube and adding some clip ons. I am wondering if I could/should flip my stem so that my drop bars would be lower. If I decided to buy some cheap clip ons off ebay, they wouldn't sit so high with a flipped stem. Can my stem be flipped?

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sirious94
07-21-09, 11:45 PM
i am sure it can, but as for if you should do that, i really do not think that is nessessary. especially with the spacer configuration you have. the most you should do is take off the cap cake the stem off and move some of the spacers above the stem. plus you will begin losing power unless you have a forward seat post, and even then it still might not fit right.
tadawdy
07-22-09, 12:38 AM
i agree. you have a nice stack of spacers to work with there.

CarlwithaC
07-22-09, 06:29 AM
Ok, thanks.